GARDENA, CALIF. — PSRS has secured $6.5 million in refinancing for an outdoor storage and parking facility totaling 117,250 square feet in Gardena. Michael Warner of PSRS arranged the 100 percent cash-out refinance to create liquidity for the beneficiaries on an irrevocable trust. The trust holds the property on behalf of third-generation beneficiaries, both of whom reside out of state. A bank provided the recourse loan, which features a two-year interest-only term and a 55 percent loan-to-value ratio.
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — Charlene Products Inc., a beauty industry supplier, has signed a 26,886-square-foot industrial lease at 905 Carlow Drive in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook. Link Logistics owns the 256,070-square-foot building. Terry Grapenthin and Ryan Earley of Lee & Associates of Illinois represented the tenant, which is relocating and expanding from its prior location in Plainfield.
SHACKELFORD COUNTY, TEXAS — Vantage Data Centers will invest $25 billion to develop a 3.7 million-square-foot, large-scale data center campus in Shackelford County, which is situated near Abilene, Texas, and about 120 miles west of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Construction of the new 1.4-gigawatt (GW) campus, dubbed “Frontier,” has already begun, with the first of 10 buildings scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2026. The 1,200-acre, multi-phase project is expected to create jobs for 5,000 people across construction and ongoing operations at the campus, according to company representatives. Additionally, Vantage has pledged annual college scholarships for Shackelford County students throughout the lifespan of the project and plans to hire locally while providing training opportunities. “This investment in Texas will be a significant economic growth driver for the area as we rapidly deploy the digital infrastructure needed to support AI applications,” says Dana Adams, president of Vantage’s North America operations. The Frontier campus will be capable of supporting server racks with a power draw of more than 250 kilowatts (kW), while utilizing liquid cooling to support the next generation of graphics processing unit (GPU) loads. Vantage is also pursuing LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification for Frontier, which …
NASHVILLE, TENN. — A group of Tennessee-based investors doing business as TEB LLC, which was organized by ARRT Global’s SRE investment fund I, has acquired a 47-acre scrapyard site in Nashville’s East Bank region. The purchase price was $245 million, according to several media outlets. David Byerley and Sam Lingo of ARRT Global led TEB LLC in the transaction, while Bryan Fort, Frank Thomasson and Ryan Coulter of CBRE represented the seller, Icahn Enterprises. The scrapyard site fronts the Cumberland River and ranks among one of the largest land purchases in Nashville history, falling slightly below Oracle Corp.’s $253.7 million purchase in 2021 for more than 65 acres of East Bank land for its future campus, as reported by the Nashville Business Journal. SA Recycling has managed the site since its acquisition of PSC Metals in 2021. The scrapyard has primarily been used for metal recycling since the early 1960s. Plans for the redevelopment have not been disclosed.
BARTLETT, ILL. — Brown Commercial Group has negotiated a 60,050-square-foot industrial lease at a newly constructed facility in the Chicago suburb of Bartlett. The tenant, Illinois Tool Works (ITW), has leased space at Blue Heron Business Park’s newest speculative building, which totals 166,573 square feet. Dan Brown and Mike Antonelli of Brown Commercial represented the developer and owner, Cratos Industrial. Dan Brown also represented Cratos in its original land purchase in 2024 and was retained as the leasing agent for the development. Bruce McConnell of Savills represented ITW.
NORTHBROOK, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the $4.5 million sale of a 56,219-square-foot flex industrial building in the Chicago suburb of Northbrook. At the time of sale, the property on Techny Court was 82 percent leased. A private investor based in the northern suburbs of Chicago sold the asset to an affiliate of Core Acquisitions, a real estate investment and development firm based in Illinois. Brett Berlin and Max Himel of Quantum brokered the sale.
REDFORD TOWNSHIP, MICH. — Friedman Real Estate has negotiated the sale of an 18,800-square-foot industrial property located at 24800 Plymouth Road in the Detroit suburb of Redford Township. Phil Konopitski of Friedman represented the seller, Dudek Property Investments LLC. Crown Specialty Investments LLC was the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — W. P. Carey, a New York City-based REIT specializing in net-leased deals, has acquired a food processing facility in Tennessee in a sales-leaseback transaction valued at $166 million. The exact location of the facility, which was completed in May and is occupied by a subsidiary of Canadian manufacturer and distributor Premium Brands Holding Corp., was not disclosed. The facility spans approximately 350,000 square feet. Building features include 40-foot clear heights, 27 dock doors and over 250,000 square feet of cooler and freezer space. In addition, the facility is fully powered by renewable energy sources and is expected to receive LEED Silver certification. Under the terms of the deal, which formally closed earlier this summer, Premium Brands is subject to a triple-net lease for a term of 25 years with fixed annual rent increases. Premium Brands will reinvest the proceeds of the sale into its core business. “We’re thrilled to partner with Premium Brands on this transaction, which highlights our conviction in the food production sector and our ability to structure real estate solutions that support operational growth for market-leading companies,” says Boyd Borjiet, vice president of investments at W. P. Carey. — Taylor Williams
GLEN ALLEN, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has brokered the $5 million sale of a former Tyson Foods plant located on approximately 53 acres at 13264 Mountain Road in the Richmond suburb of Glen Allen. An entity doing business as Hanoverlovestheproperty LLC purchased the 208,000-square-foot property from Tyson Farms Inc. Graham Stoneburner, Danny Holly and Chrissy Chappell of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the seller in the transaction.
SILVER SPRING, MD. — A partnership between St. Louis-based Sansone Group and locally based data center operator Priseda has acquired a 214,000-square-foot data center located in Silver Spring, just north of Washington, D.C. JLL Capital Markets arranged acquisition financing through Maryland-based Poverni Sheikh Group (PSG). The tier IV data center currently supports mission-critical operations and is slated for infrastructure enhancements, including the modernization of tier transitions, which will improve data center infrastructure performance and reliability, as well as an expansion of power capacity up to 100 megawatts. The new ownership is actively leasing the property and has secured a long-term lease with an undisclosed anchor tenant.